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Arte de brilhantes vernizes, & das tinturas. : Fazelas, & o como obrar com ellas. E dos ingredientes de que o dito se deve compor, huma larga explicaçaõ, da origem, & naturezas; proprio para os mestres torneiros, pintores, & escultores. Como taõ-bem huma offerta, de 18, ou 20, receitas curiozas, & necessarias para: os ourives de ouro, prata, & os relogoeiros, & mais artistas.

by: Stooter, Joaõ

Publication date: 1729
Topics: Artists' materials, Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc, Lacquer and lacquering -- Handbooks, manuals, etc, Varnish and varnishing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc, Imprint 1729
Publisher: Em Anveres, : Por la viuva de Henrico Verdussen,
Collection: JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana
Contributor: John Carter Brown Library
Language: Portuguese
Item Size: 213.2M

[8], 65, [5], 39, [3], 40-63 pages ; 19 cm (8vo)

Probably the author's proof copy

"Por hum affecto ao autor. Soneto": preliminary leaf precedes title page

Pages 1-14, 2nd count, describes different kinds of wood and how you prepare them to take the varnish; pages 15-27, 2nd count, describes how to apply the varnish

"Numero I. Espiritus vini vernis, cor de canella": pages 28-37, 2nd count

"Tinturas", pages 37-55, 2nd count, includes formulations for making paint which are numbered numers 1-6 on pages 39-42, a continuation on number 2 on page 43, and numbers 3-13 on pages 44-55

"Dos oleos vernizes", pages 56-65, 2nd count, includes numbers 1-5, describes formulations for different kinds of oils used in applying varnish

"Huma offerta", pages [3-5], 3rd count, is a table of contents intended to refer to pages 1-28, 4th count, but does not accurately reflect those pages; this section contains numerous corrections in the author's hand

"Numero I, 2, 3", pages 1-28, 4th count, has numbers 2 and 3 in manuscript hand, and actually includes numbers 1-19 and sections lettered F, A, B, E, C, and D interspersed among the numbered sections

"Spiritus vini", pages 29-34, 4th count, explains the methods and instruments used to process varnished and includes numbers 20 and 21

"Suplemento da obra Arte de brilhantes vernizes, & das tinturas", pages 35-39, 4th count, includes numbers 22-25

"Couza nova. 28. Advertencias novas. De que pertencem 21. à Arte dos vernizes, as outras 7. naõ", pages 40-53, 6th count, includes numbers 18-28

"Couza nova. A. Motivo do que segue, de fol. 56 atê 63", pages 56-63, 6th count, includes sections A-F, and describes the uses of glue, plaster, and other materials; this section does not seem to have been included in other 1729 known copies of the work

Signatures: A-G⁸ ([A]1, [A]2 versos blank) H⁴ (-H4) (H3 verso, H4 blank) ²A-²B⁴ ³A⁴

Errata: page 55, 6th count

Includes indexes on pages [1-2], 3rd count, page [3-5], 3rd count, and pages 54-55, 6th count

Woodcut printer's ornament on title page; head and tail pieces; initial

Includes indexes

Purchase; 18-440